Charles Mills (1755–1826)

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Charles Mills (13 July 1755 – 29 January 1826) was a British Member of Parliament and a Director of the British East India Company.

He was the second son of the Revd. John Mills, rector of Barford and Oxhill, Warwickshire and educated at Rugby. He was a partner in the private bank Glyn's and from 1785 to 1815 was also a director of the East India Company, later deputy chairman.[1]

Mills was elected MP for Warwick from 1802 to 1826.[2]

He married his sister-in-law Jane, the daughter of the Hon. Wriothesley Digby of Meriden, Warwickshire. He had no children and was succeeded by his nephews.

References[]

  1. ^ Youssef Cassis. "Mills family (per. 1773–1939)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages". Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2010.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Warwick
1802 – 1826
With: Lord Brooke 1802–16
from 1816
Succeeded by


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